It's that time of year again. Assemble your Barbies, brush up your Mohican and groom your oversized horse, it's the Guinness World Records launch.

In among the tallest and shortest, youngest and oldest, the crazy collections and ridiculous feats are some brand new favourites.

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Guinness World Records editor-in-chief Craig Glenday said: "Guinness World Records 2013 reports on everything from space travel and epic engineering to sports and showbusiness but I just know that everyone's going to fall in love with our new record-breaking animals."

We're big fans of the tallest dog in history, Great Dane Zeus from Michigan, USA, who measures 111.8cm (44in) from foot to withers. He weighs a whopping 70.3kg and eats 12 cups of food a day.